Notebook



Oct. 24, 1933. q B|RD 1,931,641

NOTEBOOK Filed April .22, 1951 MI/fl for:

WQ /QM Patented Oct. 24, 1933 UNITED STATES earner:r OFFICE NOTEBOOK Charles Brayton Bird, Chicago, Ill.

Application April 22, 1931. Serial No. 531,997 3 Claims. (Cl.28133) a convenient position for reading or writing.

A further object is to provide a notebook having an open pocket, the contents of which will remain in the pocket even when the notebook is dropped or carelessly handled.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification and the novel fea tures of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanyi ing drawing forming part of this application in which paragraph Figure 1 is a plan view of the device showing in outline an open book secured thereto. Figure 2 is a plan view showing my device opened. Figure 3 is a fragmentary crosssectional detail of one of the hooks forming an element of my invention. Figure 4 is an end view of my invention showing one position in which my notebook may be used.

In carrying out my invention I make use of a notebook 1, provided with stiff cover portions, 2 and 2 and a pocket means 3, which may be secured to the notebook in any convenient manner, such as, for instance, ring means 4 and 4 The pocket means may be provided with a block or stop means 5. A flap or easel means 6 may be attached in any suitable manner to the cover portions 2 and may be of such length as to keep the cover portions 2 and 2 separated at any desired angle which may be suitable for the purposes of this invention when the free end 7 of the easel means 6 is in engagement with the stop or block means 5. A plurality of hook means 8 which may be of the type used on shoes for gripping shoelaces, are secured to the cover 1 substantially as shown in Figure 3 of the accompanying drawing, for the purpose of engaging the covers of an open book 11. The notebook may, if desired, be of the looseleaf type.

,4 The pocket means 3 may be constructed of any suitable material and may be provided with reinforced and spaced openings 9, for engaging the ring means 4. The pocket means 3, may have an opening 10, adaptable for receiving books, magazines, pamphlets, or sheets of note paper.

From the foregoing description the operation of my device is easily understood. The flap 6 may be swung outward and placed against the inner edge of the stop means 5 and the notebook 1 may be placed upon the knee or upon any fiat supporting surface. A separate book or pamphlet 11, may have its cover portions 12, extended at straight angles to each other and slipped under the hook opening substantially as shown in Figure 3. Sheets of papers may have their lower edges held in the same manner as the cover portions of the book and may be written upon with ease.

It will be observed that the top of the hooks means 8 may be curved so as to form an arcuateshaped cover 13. It has been found that this form of hook may grasp the cover portion of a book tightly without injury. It is obvious that a stop means, not shown, may be attached to the inside portion of the cover 2, and serve the same purpose as does the stop means 5 on the pocket. Either of these stop means may consist of a strip of pasteboard glued to the cover of the device or book. It is equally apparent that the easel 6 adds to the rigidity of the cover 2 and permits the use of thinner material inthe covers of the notebook.

It will be observed that my notebook may be used for reading and writing purposes when it is closed and placed upon the knees of the user.

I claimi 1. A loose leaf notebook having a back cover portion and two stiff side cover portions flexibly connected to the back portion, one of said cover portions having spaced-apart hook members, each of said hook members having integral eyelet portions extending through the cover portion and being rigidly secured thereto and also having integral hook portions for receiving and supporting the side cover portions of a book substantially as herein described.

2. A loose leaf notebook having a back portion and two rectangular stiff side cover portions flexibly connected to the back, portion, one of said cover portions having on its inner side a fiat easel member hingedly connected to the cover portion and adapted to swing on an axis parallel to the outer edge of the cover portion, and also having on its opposite and outer side a plurality of spaced-apart hook members, each of said hook members being positioned equidistant from the back portion of the notebook and intermediate of the back portion and the central part of the cover portion.

tion and the central part of the cover portion, each of said hook members consisting of an integral eyelet portion extending through the cover portion to which the hooks are secured and clampingly and rigidly engaging the cover portion, and each of said hook members also consisting of a concavo-convex hook portion extending toward the outer edge of the cover portion of the notebook for receiving and holding the cover portions of an open book substantially at right angles to each other.

CHARLES BRAYTON BIRD. 

